Mount Marty University
Private College in Yankton, SD. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $48,179.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,179 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 52%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $26,396, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 43% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool runs to 1,750, typical for a school of this reach. 23% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 48% of enrolled first-years submitted an ACT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 18–25 | 66 (48%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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52% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 32% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 702 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,242 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($19,564 versus $23,601), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $22,507. 64% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 146 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $19,564 |
| $30–48k | $18,492 |
| $48–75k | $23,669 |
| $75–110k | $22,331 |
| $110k+ | $23,601 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 450 of these 702 students, totalling $3,136,536 — an average of $6,970 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Yankton County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)